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► 動詞
行く  [(2)いく]    meaning:  come  rank: 1
☆ 今行くよ ⇨ I’m coming right now  (☛ In Japanese 来る is strictly to come to where the speaker is. So for the speaker to come to where the listener is, is to go from the speaker’s perspective, and it is always 行く)
☆ 明日またに行くよ ⇨ I will come to your place again tomorrow  (☛ In Japanese 来る is strictly to come to where the speaker is. So for the speaker to come to where the listener is, is to go from the speaker’s perspective, and it is always 行く)

行く  [(2)いく]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ 彼女食料品いに行った ⇨ She’s gone to buy groceries
☆ 電車仕事に行く ⇨ I go to work by train
☆ 私達ラーメンべに行った ⇨ We went out to get some ramen
☆ 計画思っ通りに行かなかった ⇨ The plan didn’t go as expected
☆ がどこか行っちゃった ⇨ The key has gone somewhere. The key is missing. I can’t find the key

行く  [(2)いく]  [旨く行く]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ 何回試してもく行かない ⇨ No matter how many times I try it doesn’t go well
☆ 行っホッとした ⇨ Everything went well and I am relieved

行く  [(2)いく]    meaning:  leave  rank: 1
☆ もう行かなきゃ ⇨ I have to leave now

行く  [(2)いく]  [出て行く]  [出る+行く]    meaning:  leave  rank: 1
☆ 妻子して行った ⇨ He left (for good), leaving his wife and children behind
☆ て行け! ⇨ Get the hell out here!  (☛ Leave and won’t come back)
☆ このがそんなにならて行け ⇨ If you don’t like this family, then just leave  (☛ Leave and won’t come back, typically due to a personal dispute)

行ける  [いける]  [行く]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ 仕事があるから今日は行けない ⇨ I got work so I can’t go today  (☛ Can go)
☆ 行けるまで行こう ⇨ Let’s go as far as we can go  (☛ Can go)

行く  [(2)ゆく]  [liter]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ を行く ⇨ I go my way  (☛ The real correct pronunciation of いく, even though in the modern conversations いく is almost always used)

行く  [(2)いく]  [coll]    meaning:  do  rank: 2
☆ うちで御飯べて行ったら? ⇨ Why don’t you have a meal with us (and then go on your way)?  (☛ Emphasis is on the temporary nature of the action, before you eventually move on)
☆ ここで一休みして行こう ⇨ Let’s have a break here (and then get going again)  (☛ Emphasis is on the temporary nature of the action, before you eventually move on)

行く  [(2)いく]  [coll]    meaning:  orgasm  rank: 3
☆ あー、イキそう ⇨ Ahhh, I’m coming  (☛ In Japanese you “go”, not “come”)

► 補助動詞
行く  [(2)いく]    meaning:  continue  rank: 1
☆ このまま生きて行く気力い ⇨ I don’t have the will to keep living this way
☆ とやって行く自信くなった ⇨ I lost the confidence to continue relationship with him
☆ 時代わって行く ⇨ Times will always keep changing
☆ 才能をどんどんてて行くことが大切だ ⇨ It is important to keep growing young talents
☆ 今後作業効率改善けて行く必要有る ⇨ There is a need to keep improving our work efficiency into the future  (☛ 改善し続けて行く is redundant and the same with 改善して行く, but both are used commonly in conversation)


More examples:
  • 上手く行こうが行くまいが、やってみる価値有る ⇨ Whether it works or not, it is worth trying
  • 兵士達整然行進して行く ⇨ Soldiers are marching in a very orderly fashion
  • あのにはちょくちょく行く ⇨ I go to that store every once in a while
  • 混雑したに行くのはどうもかない ⇨ I’m just reluctant to go to crowded places
  • フランスに行くのはこれが二だ ⇨ This is the second time I go to France
  • は行くげずに出発した ⇨ He left without telling where he was going
  • そこまで行くには相当時間かる ⇨ It will take a long time to get there
  • 行くにしろ行かないにしろ、めてよ ⇨ Whether you go or not, make up your mind quick
  • 行くか行かないか、未だめていない ⇨ I haven’t decided yet whether I will go or won’t go
  • 宴会には一緒に行くの? ⇨ Who are you going to the party with?
  • 道行人達 ⇨ People walking, passying, by
  • そちらがそういうやりをするなら、こちらもこちらのやりで行く ⇨ If that’s the way you do things, then this side, I, will do things my way too
  • 彼女近々に行く ⇨ She is getting married soon
  • 東京に行くんじゃなかったの?そのだったんだけど、予定わったんだ ⇨ I thought you were going to Tokyo, no? That was how it was supposed to be, that was the plan, but suddenly things have changed
  • もう彼等の行く阻むはいない ⇨ There are nobody left to block their path. Nobody is going to stop them